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• Blog / About Decisions

  Updates for the Admitted There's good stuff on your MyMIT portal.

  

  early; providing us a mobile phone number we can reach you at during CPW ... (s) before enrolling at MIT (for a gap year, military service, or other reason ... visit through our Overnight Program. Please register at least two weeks in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Rubbing Elbows I have pizza with a famous person.

  

  MIT. At the same time, though, I have come to realize that MIT's faculty ... research MIT is so well known for is still advancing at full throttle, across ... pictures I've taken here at MIT, this may be my favorite yet.

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Nerd’s Paradise Phi is a "h" of a lot cooler than pi.

  

  of five, maybe six hours at most. But even those brief experiences were ... education MIT provides. Out of everything I have experienced at MIT - my ... factors at MIT. If you're not yet convinced of that, let me present you with

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Simply Brothers Finding brothers and brotherhood in MIT's fraternities.

  

  , really. But at the same time, it goes straight to the heart of what it ... , actually, yes. At least for me, becoming a brother is not simply a change in ... actually coming home. Whether I see them at home playing Rock Band, or around

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It all comes to this The Senior Thesis (cue dramatic music)

  

  have taken at least thirty classes and spent over 300 hours in class or ... at MIT. He is studying asteroids in the main belt of the Solar System ... Astronomy at the Univeristy of Hawaii, but he also has a faculty advisor in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Attack! My war diary.

  

  cold at MIT right now (13 degrees). What does cold mean? Cold means snow ... "Run screaming into Conner 4, run down the hall, and throw snowballs at ... . Think back to our attack strategy -- "Throw snowballs at whoever you see

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choosing a Major I hope this is helpful to you at some point

  

  popular at MIT or not? Yes? No? What do you think of when you think ... at MIT- and 5 of them are women. Luckily, the ratio of men to women ... sleep at all? I don't sleep much: maybe 5-7 hrs on weekdays and 7-9 on

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I’m not a double major anymore Because four years of insanity would totally cramp my style?

  

  reasons. Pick your favorite one. -I love chem, but I'm not good enough at ... take them. -I've always wanted my time at MIT to be about learning for ... 'll be taking instead of 5.43. I was at WMBR last night answering phones

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  foiled at the twelfth hour, the conspirators nonetheless secured a place in ... fireworks, and devouring a variety of delectable treats. Here at MIT, a few ... 'll add them to this entry at the first opportunity. Until then, I leave you

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re Not Alone Even if you think you are.

  

  there, but I guess I was on the floor because that thing I was staring at ... getting at. I may have been overworked and tired, but I wasn't alone. There ... matter how difficult. We worked together and finished around 3:00, at which

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • October 17, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  REX and the City New York, New York, and other answers to your other questions, too.

  

  blogger). How's it being a vegetarian at MIT. Do you know any vegans/do you think a vegan would survive? I am in fact a vegetarian at MIT, and I ... dorms have at least one kitchen, though, and in places like Burton

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come Together What do you believe in?

  

  at MIT, he was extended an invitation to speak on campus, which he ... hall, and there was a line at the door. I hope you get the idea. He ... Cambridge and the time was September 23rd, 2007 at 2:38pm. It became a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Ali Khademhosseini: Building tissues, cell-by-cell Khademhosseini, an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the joint MIT-Harvard Health Sciences and Technology Program,…

  

  Assistant Professor of Medicine at the joint MIT-Harvard Health Sciences and ... , and it was not until a summer internship in his junior year at college ... Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto, he came to MIT to pursue a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 7, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 1 Two MIT students were chosen as Glamour's Top 10 College Women

  

  Glamorous moments, in the traditional sense, are fleeting at MIT ... girls and have a behind-the-scenes look at the magazine world. Pick up the ... . Stephanie, Alia, and me, at the photo studio: Megan, with the hair stylist

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Moving Forward I, and the outstanding staff in the admissions office, re-affirm our pledge to uphold the…

  

  at odds with one another: Marilee's contributions over the years and ... , came at an important time for our culture, and is one that resonated deeply with many. At the same time, what Marilee did was wrong. While we

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 4, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A blog post about blog posts Superstar blogger emeritus Mollie gives us some of her favorite entries [now its own post!].

  

  ://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/...ding_out.shtml The first step (Mollie): Asking for help at MIT http ... ://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/...n_friday.shtml Power of suggestion (Sam): One way to tell if you belong at MIT http ... available at MIT http

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Update Stories from the parties today; more stories, and questions answered, tomorrow.

  

  my old top choice came. I wavered for a moment. I knew at either of the ... , even become an English teacher. The current students at the party ended ... was shocked at how great it really was and how fast the time FLEW by

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The return of Questions Omnibus It's time to answer your questions...

  

  in terms of balancing time b/w them and with my host at CPW? I know ... with our parents at CPW or mostly with our hosts? any way I guess it ... ' activities at CPW--do their activities span all 3/4 days? or do most parents

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Classes Yo-Yo's and Cell Biology...Rock on

  

  happening lately. I get an invitation to interview at a school. I confirm. In ... before I went up on stage at the Medlinks date auction (to be blogged ... for the record: Applied to 8 Schools Accepted to 5 Interviews at 2

  • by Bryan
  • February 24, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  More IAP updates

  

  something to that effect. Some students in the lab have fallen asleep at ... at MIT, which was pretty cold. It was December, and I was going out ... experience! Finally, we explained that at this point we were willing to eat

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 1, 2007